Preface 1
Note How to use this textbook 2
Scope and Sequence 8 of the Textbook Structure
Characters 12

Unit 1 Description

1. I'm wearing a blue hat.
I'm wearing a blue hat.
16
Lesson 2 Who is going to the library now? 24

Unit 2 Weather

3. It will rain and be windy starting in the afternoon.
It will rain and be windy from the afternoon.
40
Lesson 4 This summer is hotter than last year.
This summer is hotter than last year.
48

Unit 3 Campus Life

Lesson 5: Professor, are you free now?
6. I like to cook.
I love cooking.
74

Unit 4 Health

Lesson 7 I have a cold and a runny nose.
I have a runny nose because I caught a cold.
90
Lesson 8: If you are sick, don't endure it, take medicine.
If you feel sick, don't hold back and take the medicine.
98

Unit 5 Transportation

Lesson 9: Go straight ahead from here.
Go straight ahead from here.
114
Lesson 10: How about taking the subway since the road is congested? 122

Unit 6 Travel

Lesson 11 I want to try wearing a hanbok.
I want to try Hanbok on.
138
Lesson 12: Shall we go to Gyeongju together on the weekend? 146
Appendix 160

preface

『Daily Korean for Beginners 2』 is an integrated Korean language textbook that links speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, aimed at international undergraduate and graduate students who have studied Korean for 3-4 months.
This book is a customized textbook that takes into account the university semester schedule and aims to help students learn vocabulary, expressions, and grammar necessary for everyday life, thereby realizing basic communication skills.

This book features:

First, it is suitable for use as a textbook for one semester in college.
The course content is structured to fit the typical undergraduate and graduate course schedule (15 weeks, 30 or 45 hours).

Second, the learning content is composed of living Korean expressions that can be used in real life, rather than stiff and difficult expressions used only in books.

Third, learning activities that embody the cognitive processes that occur when speaking a foreign language are possible.
When foreign learners speak in Korean, they first think in their native language and then go through a cognitive process of converting it into Korean.
Reflecting this, we have created 'Talk Talk with You and Me', a learning activity where you view English dialogues and translate them into Korean.
This activity can be used as a speaking or writing activity, at the instructor's discretion.

Fourth, we have increased the convenience of both learners and instructors by providing both Korean and English.
By using English, the international language, to explain all the content of the textbook, learners can understand it more easily, and instructors can use it as an auxiliary tool to easily teach beginner learners who have difficulty communicating.

Fifth, this textbook was written by an expert with extensive experience in Korean language education.
The author has over 10 years of experience teaching Korean language at university-affiliated Korean language education institutions and in undergraduate and graduate school settings, and thus has a keen understanding of what is needed in the Korean language education field.
Based on this, we wrote teaching materials tailored to the needs of instructors and learners of various nationalities.

I would like to thank my parents for their support in making 『Daily Korean 2 for Beginners』 possible, and God for guiding me every step of the way from the beginning until now.
I would also like to express my gratitude to the editorial staff, including Manager Park Bu-ha and Assistant Manager Jo Yeong-eun, at Park Young-sa, for giving me the opportunity to publish this book and for their meticulous editing and perfection.